Duan Fei was stunned for a moment, and then understood that someone was saying bad things about him behind his back, Duan Fei replied while thinking: "The emperor forgives the sin, Weichen didn't mean to hide it, but ...... The princess ordered not to spread the matter, Weichen felt that it was irrelevant, and the matter involved royal face, so I reported to the emperor according to the words in the case file, and asked the emperor to forgive me. ”

Zhengde waved his hand and said, "That's not what I asked, I heard that Zhu Chen plans to use his own seed as a dragon seed?" What's going on here? ”

Zhengde obviously didn't know much about the situation, Duan Fei breathed a sigh of relief, and told the story again, Zhengde's eyes flashed with a gleam, and he sneered: "This damn thief prisoner, what a big dog guts, it's a pity that he broke his head and committed suicide before he went to prison, otherwise I will definitely skin him and fill the grass, and cut him with a thousand knives, so that I can warn the world to set an example, and see who dares to exploit the royal loophole!" ”

Duan Fei only agreed, without talking, Zhengde gasped a few times, and then said: "Duan Aiqing, in order to take care of Princess Yongfu today, I have issued a decree to stop the early dynasty and the afternoon dynasty, and now the case is almost investigated, you can play two games with me, right?" By the way, when the princess wakes up, let's go to the Taiye Pool to take a boat and play in the water, how about making the princess happy? ”

Duan Fei replied: "Your Majesty, Yiwenfang is too far away from here, the ministers of the court and the central government are staring at it, if the emperor comes to the ministers and immediately transfers to Yiwenfang, they will definitely drown me with spittle stars, I don't think so, Weichen has added a few research institutes in this Beizhen Fusi, and they have tinkered with a lot of gadgets for more than a month, and the emperor will definitely be interested." ”

Zhengde said: "Okay, where is it?" Hurry up, hurry up, go away! ”

Duan Fei took Zhengde to the place of the former ordnance institute without saying a word, Zhengde began to visit the institute with relish, and took out everything of the half-finished soap, Zhengde didn't care much about soap, perfume, alarm clock, etc., he was still more interested in the new firearm developed by the fireman Yasan.

At this moment, a brocade guard walked quickly and said to Duan Feiyu: "My lord, our people sent an urgent information of 800 miles from Baoding Mansion, saying that they found a person who was very similar to the divine eye painted on the wanted notice. ”

Duan Fei said: "Okay, very good, take the messenger to receive the reward, and as soon as the person is sent to the capital, he will be escorted to see me immediately!" ”

"Yes!" The brocade guard was ordered to go, and Zhengde asked curiously, "Duan Aiqing, who did you catch?" ”

Duan Fei bowed and replied: "Your Majesty, it should have caught a magic stick, not only did they not save them when they saw death and took advantage of the fire to rob them, so they killed King Xing, but also deliberately burned King Xing's face, although they are not murderers, but their behavior is bad, and they must not be tolerated, Weichen intends to severely punish this kind of moral corruption to set an example." ”

Zhengde Huo Ran said: "Yes, it should be severely punished, although Aiqing does it, everything is decided for you." ”

"Your Majesty." Duan Fei nodded heavily.

Zhengde was addicted to playing with gunpowder, and the new firearms developed by the fireman Yasan according to Duan Fei's instructions were also used by Zhengde to play, and the boom and boom did not stop, Duan Fei's heart was tightened, for fear that these firearms would fail and hurt Zhengde, then he would definitely die.

Fortunately, it didn't take long for someone to report: "My lord, the prisoner cart escorted from Baoding has arrived at Yongdingmen. ”

Duan Fei took the opportunity to say to Zhengde: "Your Majesty, that divine stick is about to be escorted, won't the emperor take a look?" ”

Zhengde lit the lead of a ceramic 'grenade' about the size of an apple and threw it, everyone hid behind the blast wall and covered their ears, and after a loud bang, the shrapnel flew sideways, making the surrounding blast walls crackle for a while before stopping.

Zhengde clapped his hands and shouted: "Fun, fun, such a powerful guy, Aiqing will not only solve the case, but also have a set of firearms, if the city is full of all kinds of firearms made by Aiqing, what is the fear of the Tatars even if there are millions of troops?" ”

Duan Fei said with a smile: "Your Majesty, these firearms have not yet been developed, and when they are completed, they will be more reliable, more powerful, more convenient to use and preserve, and can also be used in rainy weather. ”

Zhengde said happily: "I look forward to the day when that day will come as soon as possible, and I will personally lead a large army to sweep the desert and drive the Tatars thousands of miles away." ”

Duan Fei said: "The emperor is mighty, but this is all in the future, let's go to the front and wait for the trial of that god stick now." ”

Zhengde smiled: "Yes, yes, I want to take a good look at what kind of bastard would do such an unconscionable thing." ”

Zhengde accompanied by Duan Fei to the Jinyiwei hall, the case with the emperor's participation naturally could not be solved in the private hall under the edict, Zhengde sat behind the high public case, played with care, and slapped the startling wood.

Duan Fei had to ask someone to set up another table next to him to act as a juror, and after waiting for a long time, someone came to report that Zhang Shenyan had been brought, and Zhengde learned the tone of the play and shouted: "Bring the prisoner ...... Come up! ”

Soon the brocade guards dragged a blind little old man in, knelt down in the middle of the public hall, and one of them said: "Emperor Qi, Lord Duan, the prisoner Zhang Shu has been brought!" ”

Zhengde slapped the shocked wood and shouted: "Okay, you have a god's eye, you dare to roll your eyes and look at me, it's really lawless, come on, drag it down and fight forty kills first!" ”

Zhang Ming was so frightened that he threw himself on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly, shouting, "My lord...... Ah no, the emperor spares his life, the villain does not dare to despise the emperor, the villain is naturally blind, and he can't see clearly if he wants to see the face of the sky. ”

Zhengde was surprised: "Aren't you called Zhang Shenyan?" What does it mean to be born blind? ”

Duan Fei explained: "Your Majesty, the meaning of blindness means that you have eye disease and can't see things clearly, which means that you are half blind. ”

Zhengde was surprised: "Blind? How dare a blind man call God's eyes? Did I hear me right? ”

Duan Fei said with a smile: "Your Majesty, this is just a trick played by charlatans, many fortune tellers also deliberately pretend to be blind, and when they see people, they say that they are blind because they leak the heavenly secrets, Zhang Ming, what the official said is right?" ”

Zhang Ming hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, the adult is right, the villain is born half blind, and he pretends to have divine eyes in order to make a living, but in fact, the villain has no ability, and he relies on one mouth to make a living." ”

Zhengde shouted angrily: "I hate liars the most, Zhang Shenyan, you are honest, how many people have you deceived, and how much silver have you got?" ”

Zhang Ming replied eatingly: "Your Majesty, villain...... As the years go by, the villain can't see clearly and can't read, and he never keeps accounts, where can he count them. ”

Zhengde sneered: "Too many to count? Hehe, I want to see if you can count how many boards you have suffered, come on, drag it down and hit the eighty boards! ”

Zhang Ming was so frightened that he couldn't possess his body, and screamed: "Spare your life, your emperor, spare your life!" ”

The brocade guards on both sides dragged Zhang Ming up, only to see that a large piece of his pants quickly got wet, Duan Fei persuaded: "Your Majesty, Zhang Ming's body can't stand so many boards at all, don't beat him to death, why don't you ask the case first?" ”

Zhengde nodded and shouted, "Bring Zhang Shenyan back to me." ”

Zhang Ming knelt back on his knees, trembling and throwing himself there, and a wet water trail gradually accumulated on the ground.

Duan Fei shouted first: "Present the things you found, Zhang Ming, where did you get these things?" ”

A plate of silver tickets and some longevity locks and other ornaments were sent to Zhang Ming, Zhang Ming trembled for a while before raising his head, rolled his eyes and looked at it, and replied, "My lord, this is ...... This is taken by the villain from a dead man, the villain should not be greedy for money, please forgive the adult. ”

Duan Fei shouted: "You still don't tell you honestly in front of the emperor!" If you don't know what to do, do you know who you don't save when you see death, and who falls into the well and kills? He is the king of Xing who has just been crowned! If you lend a hand to save his life that night, you will be a hero who saves a prince, and the court and the palace will give you a great reward, but not only did you not save him, but after robbing him of all the gold and silver, you even pushed his face into the fire, and your actions were heinous and horrific! Zhang Ming, you are guilty! ”

Zhang Ming kowtowed again and again, and said with remorse: "The villain is guilty, and when the villain searched for some belongings afterwards, he knew that he was a noble person that night, and after listening to the words of the adult, he knew that he was His Royal Highness King Xing, but unfortunately he regretted it at that time, but it was not the villain who burned the face of King Xing with fire, it was a fake Taoist priest nicknamed Wang Zhenjun, please be aware of it." ”

Duan Fei said: "You, Wang Zhenjun, and Liu Daxian will meet sooner or later in Jinyiwei Prison, don't think about passing the blame on others." ”

Zhang Ming hurriedly said: "My lord, what the villain said is true, and the villain dares to confront him face to face in front of Wang Zhenjun!" ”

Duan Fei said: "Okay, since you have pleaded guilty, then let's tell you in detail what happened that night." ”

Zhang Ming began to complain: "The harvest of the three of us was not good that day, and when we gathered around the corner, we chatted while roasting the fire, talking about the magical powers that Lord Duan, you performed on the Queen Mother's birthday and the words you said afterwards, all saying that those of us who used a little trick to cheat some small money and eat rice will not be able to mix in the future......"

Duan Fei didn't expect that he was still involved, he subconsciously looked at Zhengde, only to see Zhengde looking at him, after his eyes touched, a strange smile appeared on Zhengde's face, and Duan Fei's heart was a little hairy with laughter.

Zhang Ming then told the story of 'seeing the ghost', especially pointing out that it was Wang Zhenjun who proposed a body search, and it was Wang Zhenjun who burned King Xing's face.

After Zhang Ming and the three of them left the scene, they found a safe place and immediately began to divide the spoils, no one got more than 1,000 taels of silver tickets, as well as a variety of jewelry, from these valuable jewelry, Wang Zhenjun, who often goes in and out of the rich house, saw some clues, in Daming, people of all walks of life wear jewelry texture, carvings are strictly regulated, where is the law of Daming, the jewelry they searched for is either gold or silver, and the carving is second only to the dragon and phoenix python and peacock patterns, obviously will never be worn by ordinary people.

Now the three of them are worried, if the average person dies, he will die, and he will not find out so clearly, but the identity of that person is noble, and the government will dig three feet into the ground to find out, although they did not kill, but they did not save the death and burned the face, looted the property of the deceased, no matter which one is enough for them, the money in hand is even more reluctant to hand over, gritted their teeth, the three decided to flee, anyway, there is a great god in the capital, there is no longer a mix, simply leave the capital, the world is so big, with the silver where can not be settled?

The three of them left the capital at dawn, when the fake Xingwang had just slipped away from the Xingwang courtyard, the officers and soldiers at the city gate did not interrogate at all, and the three of them went on their own roads after leaving the Yongding Gate.

Zhang Ming spoke in detail, Duan Fei also listened carefully, when Zhang Ming finished speaking, Duan Fei rummaged through the silver tickets and other things presented in front of him, and a new question surfaced in his mind: How could a kidnapped person still have so many silver tickets and jewelry on his body?